Guy-ladriel literally ran towards an erupted volcano. Even the molten lava couldn't break down the powers of toxic femininity.

What have we learned? I learned I treated The Hobbit trilogy too harshly

When Galadriel says 'there is a tempest' in her, one can't help thinking this explains her facial expressions. She is obviously suffering from trapped wind.

"One cannot satisfy thirst by drinking seawater." Galadriel probably learned this line the hard way after swimming an entire ocean

This gotta be a money laundring operation by Amazon.

Post-credit scene (Cate Blanchett version of Galadriel) - She wakes up and tells Celeborn she had the most fucked up dream. Explains to her husband that she was single and was trying to hook up with Sauron.

The "1,253 million minutes" watched is because everyone was bored to tears, fell asleep, and had to rewind the show to see what they missed

I heard a good sentence about this show. "In this show you don't ask questions, you can't. You have to just consume it"

My favourite bit of insanity this week was the ten minutes they spent in the Tavern tending Bronwyn's wounds. The orcs outside were probably twerking and making tiktok's during it I guess - they certainly didn't bother burning it or knocking the door.

The biggest proof that Halbrand is Sauron is the fact that he's falling for Galadriel. Only someone with twisted, corrupted, evil mind could find her attractive.

I loved how Guyladriel charged into a battle she didn't know about 100 miles away.

To Amazon: As a woman, I’m actually with the original lack of female orc representation. In fact I encourage it.

In hindsight, the Hobbit Trilogy wasn't that bad.

If your wondering where the 60 million per episode went ... it was to pay off the many shills because it certainly didnt go on any talented writers, actors or special effects.

The part where Bronwyn screamed “Mind the door, mind the doo, mindor, mordor, Mordor!” sent shivers down my spine!

It's impressive how they made a 6'4" female character look like 4'6".

They came for one of the fathers of fantasy but found his children unwilling to let them spread evil in his name. Long live the fellowship.

fanbase: "cast it into the fire, destroy it" amazon: "no!" please cancel the show!

The writers really ruined Tolkien's Galadriel by making her into a childish "warrior" wOmAn to appease the woke crowd who applaud this portrayal. Ironically, Tolkien wrote her as one of the wisest and most powerful beings of Middle Earth despite never wearing armor and riding off to war. This is much more commendable because it really showed her strength and wisdom without making her into this shallow and ridiculous sword-swinging Guyladriel that she was very clearly never meant to be.

Am I the only one nerdy enough to have noticed that one of the orcs says "krimpatul" which is black speech for "find them" (part of the inscription on the one ring)when they first enter the tower? Except... mordor doesn't exist yet, and Sauron hasn't created the black speech yet so...whoops?

You know things are bad when, in successive episodes, you end up rooting for wolves and orcs and are now on Team Volcano.

Adar pretended to be running away with the artifact, but when he was intercepted by Galadriel and Halbrand, NO ONE got curious about what the thing was, even though Galadriel has been investigating literally every clue that would take her to Sauron. But wait, it's not over: She gives it to Arondir, still not curious, and Arondir, who's held the thing many times couldn't tell it was a ruse, and not only that! He gave it to Theo to give it to Númenor! Seriously? He was literally next to Miriel, and he assigns Theo with this job, the same Theo that was being creepy about it making him feel powerful? Oh, and Theo also couldn't tell it was a ruse by holding it. I mean, who wrote this?

I still wanna know how Halbrand managed to pass and then come straight at Adar to trip his horse when Adar and Galadriel sped away from the village at full speed while Halbrand started pursuing them seconds later. That part confused the hell out of me.

I gotta say, when I saw the "orcs" in Rings of Golden Shower Ep6, I haven't seen such obvious latex costumes on people since 80s zombie movies. They look more like the Japanese guys in rubber suits in old Godzilla movies than like actual costumes.

Tolkien Fans: "Cast it into the fire. Destroy it!" Jeff Bezos: "No..."

I read this today. "A hack is a writer who second-guesses his audience. When the hack sits down to work, he doesn't ask himself what's in his heart. He asks what the market is looking for. The hack is condescending to his audience. He thinks he's superior to them. The truth is, he's scared of them or, more accurately, scared of being authentic in front of them, scared of writing what he really feels or believes, what he himself thinks is interesting. He's afraid it won't sell. So he tries to anticipate what the market wants and gives it to them." Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

The thing with the harfoots is that Tolkien described them as having dark skin. They literally could have made all of them black or brown and stuck to the lore, but I guess they couldn't be bothered reading up on them. They literally could have just made black hobbits but couldn't be bothered.

The clip of Sean Bean was like a breath of fresh air. He didn't look like he was acting. Perhaps the cast of the ROP might give it a try.

There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men to describe this show.

Sauron - "I am having trouble setting up my evil kingdom." Tech Support - "Have you tried turning off, waiting ten seconds, and then turning on your volcano?" Sauron - " hmm, no. Just a sec.." Besides, we know how Galadriel survives. She is 'in tight' with a Maia. He could save her..

You haven't dethroned the Drinker as my favorite reviewer, but this is the first time I've seen your channel and you're definitely my new second favorite! I don't literally LOL at much, but the "battle of Balls Deep" and the "A bigass trench!" lines made me bust out laughing so hard that I fell onto my trackball and it clicked the Subscribe button. Looking forward to more, thank you!

Never thought the Shadow of Mordor games would feel more in tune with the actual lore than anything made for the screen.

I love how Bronwin gets run through by an arrow, then the next scene she's outside in full health, celebrating with the rest of the villagers in some big feast.

Seeing Nerdrotic destroying this series is a marvel of entertainment, it is an act of precision and art, and it always puts me in a good mood.

13:35 sums it all up. Also, the name reveal changing from Southlands to Mordor was hilarious. They might as well have put a red strikethrough the word Southlands.

Dear Nerdrotic! One more thing that you forgot to mention, about the númenorean battle scene. Prof. Tolkien was very specific about, that Númenorians never ever rode to battle on horseback. They used horses for travel and transportation, but never for battle.

Sean Bean is the most underestimated actor ever.

I liked the part where Elendil the Tall, the man who, alongside Gil-galad, will eventually go toe-to-toe with peak Sauron on the slopes of Mt Doom in direct combat, got overpowered by three normal orcs and nearly died. Great stuff.

RoP is just a really expensive CW show dedicated to dragging it's balls over the life's work of one of the greatest fantasy writers ever, while using only 5% of the lore they spent $500,000,000 on 🤤

That Shadiversity clip was sooooooo well timed

I'm incredibly impressed that Guyladriel was able to teach the Númenoreans mounted/cavalry skills and tactics while on a boat trip.

I swear the writing process used by the writers of this show was to hit themselves in the head with a claw hammer multiple times, and then see what they could think up.

tbh the most epic part was when the mountain roared "It's DOOMIN' TIME! " than blew its massive doom load all over Galadriels face and all over the countryside. pure art

The moment i heard they fired the loremaster, i expected this to be a shitshow. And that rumor of Shippey saying that they are "polluting the lore", is starting to sound very accurate.

I spat my coffee out when you said IGN gave it a 10/10 and had to go read their review. Absolutely hilarious.

The gaslighting of the shills was huge with this episode.

Because of everything theyve done to tolkeins work by spitting on the fans and fudging the numbers, i hope it completely collapses and they lose absolutely everything. They deserve it.

Aaaaand the direct LOTR script lifts just keep getting more and more blatant in the next episode! Thank you for these videos, sir. Knowing you and others are rolling their eyes at the same problems helps me find my sanity after watching these!

What have we learned? We have learned that there is not a single element of fantasy (let alone Tolkien) that J.D. and Patrick are competent to handle.

I enjoyed when the teleporting Numenorians were riding from the West with the dawn behind them, and the Orcs in the East heard the rumble of their hoofs under pitch black darkness. Every episode of this show seems written and directed by Simple Jack.

"Today I identify as a biologist"!! Ha Ha Ha, that was a priceless gem Nerdrotic! Thank you! 😘

The Rings of Power is to The Lord of the Rings as Jurassic World is to Jurassic Park. In other words; a total disaster in every way!

Repurposed scenes in the 6th episode: - Helm's Deep - Trying to destroy the Bad Thing, but failing (don't have the skill/don't posses the craft) - The Ride of the Rohirrim/Eomer's attack on Uruks - Chase scene in the forest, where a female Elf says "Noro lim" to the horse - Saruman's speech to the Uruks - Interrogation if the Orc by an Elf (Hobbit) - "Break the dam! Release the river!" - Wandering through the battlefield, realizing something is wrong - Eowyn staying with the sick/old/kids to protect them, even though she wants to fight - Destruction of a structure, by breaking it's brace/outer shell (Hobbit and the golden statue) - Elf fighting a bigger orc (Legolas vs. Bolg) - Character saving another just in time, using a back stab (Sam stabbing Gorbag, before he kills Frodo) - Orc's (Uruk's) head on a spike - Elf doing some elvish stuff while riding a horse - Saying "Let it go." to rid a character of something powerful and evil (Gandalf and Bilbo) If I missed some, please feel free to add them. Cheers!

I love the part where the Writers turned to the Producers and said "Let's make this Shit the most shittiest shit we have ever shat" then the Producers said "Great idea". Brilliant

I admire you for the ability to view and review the episodes. I could not do that. My wife and I watched one episode and it gave us a hickey on the brain that still has not gone away.

Imagine if Galadriel's abilities actually aligned with Tolkien's vision. She could have conjured a magical shield to protect her comrades from the pyroclastic flow. With Amazon's budget it would have looked incredible and it wouldn't be forced. Instead she is merely relegated to standing there with plate armor and sword, helpless to prevent the death of her allies. Unless they received plot armor as well, I'm thinking they probably do.

It's like you said, trust your eyes and ears. Shows like Breaking Bad, Stranger Things and Game of Thrones we heard total normies at work or in the bar talking about these shows and recommending them. Not simply just paid for articles telling you it's popular. Word of mouth is powerful and its not on their side here.

Star Wars fan: Damn the new trilogy is shit.. LotR Fan: u have not seen what i´ve seen.. Star Wars fan: But have u seen the new Movies? LotR Fan: U HAVE NOT SEEN WAT I´VE SEEN!

It's hilarious that nobody looked at what's wrapped up in burlap. NOBODY looked ????????? It's amazing how bad this show is. That sword drinks blood???? And magically reforms???? Tolkien never wrote shit like this!!! All blades much be forged, even Narcil had to be forged when broken. But this sword just remakes itself. And what about the tower? It looks nothing like any place where elves lived in Tolkiens writing. A Numenorian calvary sneaks up on Adar by galloping towards them and Adar only knows they are there when they get feet away from him ????? Omg this show is bad. It's terrible in every aspect. Even the editing is bad. The plot, the writing, the costumes. It gets a 1/10 stars and that's being generous.

This episode makes the defense of winterfell against the white walkers a dang masterclass in war strategy by comparison.

I am so sorry for Tolkien. I really am.

RoP can be viewd as involuntary metafiction. It is a tv show about the Second Age, the Age in which the central theme is how hubris causes downfall: Elven hubris let Sauron return, decive them and forge the rings. Men's hubris let Numenor fall . Sauron's own hubris let the last alliance win. The hubis of Isildur let the ring survive. And in a way RoP moves along the line. Amazon's hubris let them spend a billion dollars on the false premise that pouring endless money could bring them the best Tv show ever; and showrunners' hubris let them operate careless of lore, fandom and tolkenian themes on the false premise that calling "rose" a pig, or "Galadriel" a awful teenager with anger issues, could decive the pubblic. And doing so, all of them failed miserably. RoP is a metafictional cautionary tale of how hubris could destroy anyone.

In the Amazon story - Adar admits he killed Sauron, that’s why Halbrand says remember me!” In a revengeful way “ But he’s in a hidden form and Adar doesn’t  Recogniz Him, then at the end Adar starts to realize who he is and ask Halbrand - who are you?, with a evil knowing smile on his face, knowing fully who he is already, Halbrand is Sauron.

as a geologist, the volcano thing really was amusing

the Orc exploded out of sheer respect for Galadriel's skills.

"U think Tolkien would aprove that?, he would gauge ur eyes out with his pipe!!"🤣🤣🤣 yeah dude tnx for havin my coffee all over my keyboard....

I tried a willful suspension of disbelief and have not been able to maintain it. There were only a couple of scenes that I can say are even watchable. All of the wokeness and destruction of the basics of Tolkiens work have me vomiting into my helmet and wanting to run my blade through my guts.

The actors just look stupid. If I had to sit through every episode watching Gyladrial sneering, I'd have suicidal thoughts! Thank you, Gary, for putting yourself through the torment. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten.

Theo: I have a coke problem Arondir: Here, hand this brick of coke to the cops then, that way you'll be free of it Theo: *Cuts into the brick, has a taste* Wait, this is flour

The real Galadriel would’ve cast a magical force field to protect her soldiers from the lava debris. RoP Galadriel just closes her eyes dramatically and everything turns out alright

1. what's the point of the tunnel if all you need is to give orcs puncho & hoodies? 2. if Adar knew the broken sword is in that village, he could have hired 1 million human thievs/bandits to find and steal every broken sword in the world with the tunnel budget

The “Battle of Ball’s Deep” made me literally LOL.

So you mean to tell me that Mount Doom and Mordor, one of the most evil places in the LotR series, was created by the equivalent of turning on a faucet??? WHAT?!?!

*I have a lot of questions about this episode:* ====================== - What do you think about the pursuit scene (10:05) where Halbran ran after Galadriel and the bad guy and then miraculously appeared in front of them running towards them? Did he run in the opposite direction and run around the globe? ======================= - How about the fact that in the fight against orcs, the most skilled warior was the whole time fighting with ONE unarmed orc and he couldn't even defeat him, almost died and was saved by that woman(dunno the name)? While all the others were dying and killing orcs. That orc wasn't even a commander or anything. And the elf was called the hero in the end. ======================= - The scene where Galadriel tells the bad guy that he will survive until the end as the last orc and witness all his comrades die (11:10) and then, 5 seconds later, she tries to kill him... is that ok? ======================= - The sword was touched by: the main character(?) elf, the bad guy, galadriel, the mc elf again before the kid checked it. A question - which one of them didn't notice an old f*cking farmer stealing the sword? ======================= - Dunno if i even need to talk about Galadriel being outside while the volcano erupted - heat? smoke? no? Is her skin and HAIR made of steel (not even gonna mention the clothes....)? There were a lot of people that turned into charcoal but i guess the important characters have plot armour. And how was everyone able to breathe there after the eruption...? A volcano's danger area is 20-100 miles. The only danger they faced were falling buildings. Does that mean that it's safer outside???? Is this the reason why Galadriel stood in the middle of a street??????? ======================= Upd. forgot one thing Did they really just leave the enemy's king (commander or whatever he is) ALONE in an old wooden barn? Guess what: he escaped.

What's interesting is this note -- written by Tolkien himself -- included in "Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle Earth": "Galadriel, the greatest of the Eldar surviving in Middle-earth, was potent mainly in wisdom and goodness, as a director or counsellor in the struggle, unconquerable in resistance (especially in mind and spirit) but incapable of punitive action." Hmm. Interesting, is it not?

Gary: If I miss anything feel free to put it in the comments below. Me: I wouldnt know. Haven’t watched a single second of the show.

So basically, Galadriel is always right. No matter what she do or say. In the last episode she said that revenge is good. The next episode she said that revenge is bad. WTF is that kind of writing? lmfao

Audience cheering Galadriel being hit by a pyroclastic flow!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Priceless!!

Everyone in that village and for miles around should be melted piles of goo from the 1000+ degree ash cloud. Galadriel's skeleton would be dust. What a fucking terrible show.

with the speed Tolkein is spinning in his grave we can probably power the entire world for 100 years.

''She drowned...'' ''And the Sea is always right'' That is SAVAGE !

"Oh my god, we were killing our own people!" Seriously! WTF did they think was gonna happen after half their people walked out on them and declared their intention to join Sauron?

The “battle of balls deep” got me.

My favorite scene was when don lemonlas was smacking the hilt with the hammer and exclaims "This is beyond our skill to destroy..."

Galadriel was engulfed by an pyroclastic flow that can incinerate anyone into stone, but came out unharmed. SENSE

The most insane thing about whole this, I mean the show, the fandom, the media, the critics and youtubers who give opinion - THE MOST INSANE THING is the fact that Nerdrotic and his team do an unfathomably better job at research and journalism than professional magazines and internet media who specialize in movies and TV do. It's beyond baffling. It's mind boggling.

I was on the edge of my seat when Galadriel fought Imperial Orc Navy aircraft at the battle of Pearl Harbor.

How has Amazon managed to make every episode worse than the last? I didn't think this show could get any worse but they keep shattering that illusion.

11:37 --- Actually (semi-nerd here), it was only elves, because humans didnt excist yet when Morgoth warped his first victims into orcs. Also, are we just going to ignore the fact, that by that stage, Galadriel (I mean the original Tolkien-version) was married? ... I mean, sure, they couldnt write a husband into this trainwreck with a girl-boss running the show, but still... Plus, everybody knew that the guy they were dealing with was Sauron... presumably turning a new leaf until he finished the One Ring...? We are going to ignore this, Amazon...? ... Okay, fine. In all fairness, Peter Jackson also wasnt super accurate with the source material, lets be honest here. But at the very least he treated it with respect, always keeping in mind how Tolkien would see things, how he would react. This sorry excuse for a TV series is little more than modern sensitivities put into LotR clothes - and they are badly made clothes (seriously, the horrible, cheap costumes are an insult...).

Don't forget the woman playing Galadriel. She's not an actress, she's a liability.

When Adar declared his preferred pronounce to be "Uruk" I cheered, I shouted and I fistpumped the air, omg so brave!!

I guess since she can survive a pyroclastic cloud straight in the face, she just wore that armour because she forgot to do laundry last Thursday...

This TV series is highly dumb... It's the worst TV series that I ever watched

Why are the Orcs so pale? There was only one pale Orc well known. The fact their skin Molten black is one of their key features as they were born from darkness. That was the point.

Man I can't wait to see the episode where Galadriel asks Sauron what his preferred pronouns are It's going to be so epic

It's crazy how small scale this show actually is. ROP just spent an entire episode freeing the dozens of citizens of the Southlands from the dozens of orcs with the full power of the 3 Numenorian vessels and their dozens of soldiers on horseback.

Super sad to see what has become of our childhood stories. So perverted now. Makes me not want to watch anything anymore...

I've loved hate-watching this show, but I can't even do that now, cuz you know what I didn't need to see? An orc bleeding from his eye like a faucet into another guy's mouth for 5 freaking minutes. Or another 5 minutes showing as much blood as possible from an arrow wound. Or every single sword contact needing a black blood spray effect. My wife and I felt nauseous by the end

They also made the orcs speak in the black language of Mordor, which is not their language, it feels like they used the language just to throw it in our face as an Easter egg

How can it be that they made the whole season 1 in NewZealand (the land of Volcanos and Geologists) and never asked one single Geologist how a Volcano works or how a landscape with an active Volcano would look like?